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Elrendel (Dave Matson) reviews the Sprint Treo 700wx.  

Personally, I have a desire to own a single “converged” device, one that incorporates all the items I want and need in my daily life.  This device is not the one for me. I was disappointed that the phone lacked Wireless Wi-Fi and a GPS Receiver, as well as the limited 240×240 pixel screen size. So I will keep looking for a device that offers these additional functions that I require.

However, I readily accept that a great many people out there only want or need a combo PDA with PCS phone running on the WM5 platform, and with that in mind, the Palm Treo 700wx is a very powerful device, performing all of the tasks that it is advertised as being able to perform.  The clarity of the phone service was first rate, when I had a good signal (which was about 95% of the time), and every PocketPC program that I tried out worked on this device.  The Voice-Mail Management system was absolutely first rate, the best I’ve ever dealt with (and I work in Telecom!).  The device’s ability to use a data service like EvDO was likewise first rate when I was able to obtain a signal from the service provider (which unfortunately turned out to be about 1% or 2% of the time).  The Wireless Wi-Fi also worked incredibly well, but I was saddened that there was no setting that I could find to disable the NAG screen.  If I was not holding-out for the right converged device, I would be inclined to want this device for myself!

Source: Mobility Site – Sprint Palm Treo 700wx

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